alt Hacker NewsI've been using iCloud to sync Obsidian, and have consistently run into the problem that iCloud file container access needs full disk permissions that I don't want to give the agent (or Ghostty). Does everybody use Obsidian's paid sync instead or what? Or SyncThing?
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I just pay for the sync.
I like that I can have some vaults that sync to both my personal and work laptops and other vaults that only sync to one or the other.
It’s awfully convenient without any vendor lock in since I can just take my plain markdown files and leave anytime.
Just pay for the sync. I used to juggle with git, rsync, inotify etc and other tools
Its one of the few subscriptions where it actually feels like money well spent
I used to use SyncThing, then Dropbox, then iCloud. But then I just caved and paid for Obsidian Sync and it is the best money spent aside from Claude. I don't have to tinker with weird settings anymore or deal with sync issues, it just works.
I use git. push to private repo, you can use a cron in your machine to push regularly and so on.
The only limitation comes if you use the vault in a closed system like iOS, where you can't run terminal commands. other than that, flawless.
I use Syncthing (with Synctrain client on iOS) and it works great.
I just pay for the sync. It probably helps I jumped on board when they still had early bird pricing for the sync
I use both and I prefer their builtin sync, since I also code on Linux.
I've had good luck with syncthing. But I only sync between laptop and desktop.. the mobile story with syncthing isn't ideal.
If you mostly use single-vault Obsidian in two devices, SyncThing is perfect imo.
Im just running a Nextcloud on a raspberry pi to sync everything. Works flawlessly for multiple years now.
I used iCloud in the past, but found that syncing between a few devices sometimes left my notes in a weird state - sometimes overwritten, missing, etc. I switched some time ago to https://github.com/remotely-save/remotely-save with backblaze and I periodically sync to a git repo for a second backup. No issues since then.
I have been using remotely save and a free bucket from backblaze. It as a s3 compatible api so works using the s3 feature.
I built a one-time purchase solution that might help you.
- https://isolated.tech/apps/syncmd
- https://isolated.tech/apps/syncmd/blog/obsidian-git-ios-setu...
You can git clone directly to your iOS file system which fixes the Obsidian git plugin issue so you can use the Obsidian git plugin on your computer and mobile devices.
Obsidian's paid sync works great for me.
Resilio.
github private repo works fine
Definitely one of the biggest ROI is to pay for the sync. I regret all years I tried git-based alternatives (it's still useful to have it in git for backup, but not as the main syncing mechanism).